Get Healthy, for Heaven's Sake: 7 Steps to Living Strong, Loving God, and Serving Othersl

by Lisa Morrone

Overweight, slouched, deconditioned, and very tired. This describes millions of American Christians—men and women who are frustrated in their desire to serve God and their families because their bodies and minds simply aren’t up to the task.

Health author Lisa Morrone gives readers an overall life plan for restoring their energy and ability and staying strong in their usefulness throughout their life span. Not a short-term repair job—not a rigid, inflexible plan—this resource lays out balanced, practical advice in seven areas:

weight loss nutrition posture strength flexibility brain health rest

This multifaceted book points readers to effective lifestyle changes that will add life to their years by restoring their vitality and sense of meaning. Such renewal will last because it’s initiated and maintained by a greater purpose—that of serving their friends and family, and serving God.

209 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2011

Reviews

[Pam Dalton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good advice

This book had some good information that have started putting into practice in my own life. Knowing my body is the temple of God makes me want to take better care of myself too.

[Chickadee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lisa Morrone, a physical therapist, has written several books to help readers “restore their temple” and make lifestyle changes to combat health issues. I found this book interesting in that it combines a lot of information into one easy-to-read book. The suggestions are simple enough that anyone can incorporate them into their lifestyle.

With over 20 years experience in patient care, Lisa starts by sharing the essential components of wellness that she’s learned. Lack of sleep, diet, nutrition, posture, brain health and more – Lisa covers a wide range of issues that could be causing health problems for her readers.

With six main wellness areas, readers are sure to find areas that they need to “tune up”. Making small changes over time, Lisa encourages readers to view this as a journey – not a destination. All through the book Lisa includes scripture to back up her wellness principles and encourage her readers to honor God with their body.

Lisa has also written a 7-step plan for renewing your health and calls it “A Biblical Blueprint For Restoration”. You might just be surprised at how different some of these steps are compared to the other health related books on the market.

One of my favorite descriptions in the book was Lisa’s use of the words “walls” and “gates” in relation to food choices. Walls keep bad things out and gates allow good things in. As an example, fruit juice, soft drinks and white refined sugars should have “walls” when you think about them. Whole grain breads, brown rice and sweet potatoes would be “gates”. Simple, yet effective in changing the way you think about food. Lisa doesn’t write up the usual diet plan as you might expect in a health / nutrition book – instead she shows you some of the choices (good and bad) and tells you why one choice is better than another.

She also includes a chapter on lining up your spine to improve posture, which essentially eases physical pain and helps prevent deterioration. Pictures are included along with stretches and exercises which make this chapter super easy to follow. I was amazed at how much physical benefit can come from something as simple as improving your posture.

Overall this is an interesting, informative book and a great read for those wanting to improve their health.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

The basic premise of this book is that your body is the temple of God and it's your job to maintain it with that in mind. Also to bear in mind that you need to be ready at the drop of a hat to do that which God is calling you to do. The health information is presented in a straight-forward, easy to follow fashion and each segment is wrapped up with a short plan for you to fill in the blanks on, including praying for help. The book is finished off with a chapter on "retirement" and how Christians need not retire from God's work, even if they do retire from their paid employment - uses both biblical and contemporary examples.